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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
May. 11, 2012
Applicants:
Kathryn Olson, San Diego, CA (US);
Jayant Menon, San Diego, CA (US);
Jonathan Dunbar, San Diego, CA (US);
Inventors:
Kathryn Olson, San Diego, CA (US);
Jayant Menon, San Diego, CA (US);
Jonathan Dunbar, San Diego, CA (US);
Assignee:
Windrose Medical, LLC., San Diego, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61M 5/178 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A stylet for use with a medical catheter has a lumen blocking portion and a shaft, where the shaft has a smaller effective diameter than the lumen blocking portion. The lumen blocking portion has an outer surface that is approximately flush with the catheter lumen in a working area of the catheter. The lumen blocking portion has a length capable of covering at least one side hole of the catheter.